DOH!

A common talking point in the Cheddarsphere and the right wing echo chamber from the local right wing bloggers, , to Drudge showing a pic of the Senator, with the headline \"skipping obama…again\".

This from the Junior Senator from Wisconsin himself.

Russ Feingold Great day to be in Wisconsin! I made it! Finished voting [...]

For Whom Is Help On The Way?

While Tom Barrett was easily dispatching Scott Walker in the debate last Friday, correctly pointing out: In the 2008 financial meltdown and the ensuing job crisis, Walker shut down Milwaukee County\'s economic development agency.

Personally I think that the key moment of the debate was this:

“Scott, Governor Doyle is not running,” Barrett told Walker [...]

Watch Ron Johnson speak out against child sexual abuse legislation

Watch as Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson (sporting a beard, no less) speaks out against legislation aimed at making it easier for victims of childhood sexual abuse to sue their abusers. Johnson gave his testimony in opposition to the Child Victims Act before a state Senate committee last year. Here’s the money quote from [...]

Paul Ryan’s pity party

Looks like the shine might be off Rep. Paul Ryan: Handsome, precious Paul Ryan, six-term Republican from the safe-as-apple-pie Janesville, Wisconsin, has fallen into a pout that worries his friends and entertains his enemies in the family feud that is the House GOP.

Ryan, 40, is supposed to be the bullet-proof numbers guy, ranking on [...]